The Harrisburg Academy
MS/US Library

"To be information literate, a person must be able to recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed information."  ALA, 1989

Teaching students how to gain access to information is the most important function of library instruction and can be best taught when integrated into regular classroom instruction.  Search engines do not teach students how to use the information they find, but Librarians do. Library materials should support the curriculum, offer enrichment for leisure reading, cover a wide range of difficulty and diversity of appeal, and present differing viewpoints.  The Harrisburg Academy library exists to implement, enrich, and support the educational programs and goals of the school.  The MS/US Library is a new facility with many different kinds of resources including books, software programs and online databases.  The card catalog is online throughout the school.  Many online databases are accessible from school and home such as POWER Library Resources, giving students access to approved, authoritative websites of books, magazine and newspaper articles, photos, reference works and literary criticism. 

Students in grades 5 through 12 may visit during free periods and study halls.  Classes often meet in the Library to do research and develop research skills. Instruction is provided by working with teachers in all disciplines to integrate library skills into classroom activities.  The librarian works with groups and individuals teaching computer skills, helping with research and selecting recreational reading.  

LIBRARIAN
Cindy St. John
717-763-8943  ex. 352

HOURS
The Library is open M-F 7:45 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. 

LOAD PERIODS
Books may be checked out for 2 cycles and renewed 1 time.
Reference books and current periodicals may not be checked out of the library.

LOST ITEMS
Materials lost or returned in poor condition must be paid for at full replacement value.

PHOTOCOPYING
A photocopy machine is available for student use at a cost of $.10 per page.   Change can be made by asking the librarian.

RULES
Be quiet and courteous to others
Return materials on time
No eating or drinking in the Library
No computer or video games                                                  

New Books

"Oh for a book and a shady nook, either in doors or out " John Wilson 


Marley & Me, by John Grogan
The Penderwicks on Gardam Street, by Jeanne Birdsall
Warriors: Cats of the Clans, by Erin Hunter
The Willoughby's, by Lois Lowry
Smiles to Go, by Jerry Spinelli
The Girl's Book: How to be the Best of Everything
The Boy's Book: How to be the Best of Everything
i before e (except after c), by Judy Parkinson
Palace of Mirrors, by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Blood on the River: James Town 1607, by Elisa Carbone
Tales of the Cryptids: Mysterious Creatures that May or May Not Exist
The Battle of the Labrynth, by Rick Riordan
Feathers, by Jacqueline Woodson
Down the Rabbit Hole, by Peter Abrahams
Deep and Dark and Dangerous, by Mary Downing Hahn
The Lighthouse Land, by Adrian McKintry
Life as We Knew It, by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Peony in Love, by Lisa See
Death Mountain, by Sherry Shahan
Truesight, by David Stahler, Jr.
Under the Persimmon Tree, by Suzanne Fisher Staples
Memories of a Teenage Amnesiac, by Gabrielle Zevin

The Harrisburg Academy Online Databases

POWER Library

WHAT IS IT?

POWER is a large and authoritative reference and resource database available to all citizens of the State of Pennsylvania and accessible by all students and teachers from school, home and library computers.  It consists of many large databases of full-text periodicals, books, reference books, news photos in the Humanities and Science.

HOW DO I ACCESS IT?

There are 2 ways to access POWER.  If you are at school, there is a POWER icon located on all computer desk tops. If you have Internet service on your home computer, you can access POWER by going to your PUBLIC LIBRARY home page.  Click on the POWER icon until you reach the password screen.  Your public library card barcode number is your password to enter the database. 

Questia

www.Questia.com
Students in grades 9 - 12 should see Mrs. St. John for a personal username and password.
Questia is the world's largest online library of books, with over 67,000 full-text books, 1.5 million articles, and an entire Reference set complete with a dictionary, encyclopedia, and thesaurus. It is particularly good for IB research. Questia also includes digital tools for highlighting text, taking notes and generating paranthetical citations and bibliographies in seven different styles.

Student Resource Center

Click on the Student Resource Center icon in the Documents folder on your desktop.  SRC can only be accessed in school.  It is a comprehensive reference source that provides information from many print sources that include overview essays, critical analysis, primary source documents, biographies, timelines, diaries, government documents, speeches and full-text of more than 100 periodicals.

Country Reports

www.CountryReports.org
For home use, see Mrs. St. John for a username and password.
Detailed information from around the world on over 260 countries, including culture, customs, symbols, geography, economy, history and holidays. It also includes photos, maps, links, and learning games, and is reading level appropriate for young and old.

Worldbook Online

www.worldbookonline.com
For home use, see Mrs. St. John for a username and password.
Click on the WorldBook Online icon in the Documents folder on your desktop.  WorldBook Online is a continually updated, multipurpose reference source with articles from the 22 volume print set plus 3,700 more, 9,500 pictures and maps, 800 videos, 60,000 cross reference links, and links to 200 periodicals and 10,000 editor approved web site

Newspaper Archive

http://access.newspaperarchive.com/default.aspx
Available on school computers only. Over 2,000 national and international newspapers from 1750-1970. It is a primary source of headline news, editorials, obituaries, birth announcements, small-town news, advertrisements and more.

HOW TO USE THE LIBRARY TO FIND INFORMATION

"To be information literate, a person must be able to recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate, and use the needed information effectively." ALA

INFORMATION LITERACY

To be information literate, a person must have the ability to locate, evaluate, and use information effectively.  Internet sources used for academic research should be unbiased, authoriatative, non-commercial and accurate. Answer the questions who, what, when, where and why to evaluate a website for quality. Authorship is most important.  Library databases purchased for the purpose of research are considered to have the most reliable information. Wikipedia and Sparknotes are not acceptable sources for academic research.

HELP

The Librarian: The first (and still the best) search engine.
Assistance is always available from the Librarian where you can ask for research help, Interlibrary Loan requests or how to do research.  Use ASK HERE PA at www.AskHerePA.com for answers from a real librarian online 24/7.

INTERLIBRARY LOAN

Many books are available from most libraries in Pennsylvania through ACCESS-PA Interlibrary Loan system located in POWER Library.  Once you have located the book you want, print it out and give it to Mrs. St. John. It takes 1 week to receive a book, and the lending period is usually 4 weeks. Books are to be returned to the Harrisburg Academy MS/US Library for return to the lending library.

Faxes of newspaper or magazine articles are available through Interlibrary Loan also. See Mrs. St. John to make a request. Faxed articles may be received in 2-3 days and do not need to be returned.




ACADEMIC HONESTY

STATEMENT ON PLAGIARISM

“Plagiarism refers to a form of cheating that has been defined as “the false assumption of authorship: the wrongful act of taking the product of another person’s mind, and presenting it as one’s own” (Alexander Lindsey, Plagiarism and Originality [New York: Harper, 1952]2). To use another person’s ideas or expressions in your writing without acknowledging the source is to plagiarize.  Plagiarism constitutes intellectual theft.  Strictly speaking, it is a moral and ethical offense rather than a legal one, since most instances of plagiarism fall outside the scope of copyright infringement.  Nonetheless, plagiarism often carries severe penalties, ranging from failure in a course to expulsion from school” (Sharon Sorenson, The Research Paper [New York: Amsco, 1999]30).  It is academically dishonest to have your parents, tutor, or any other person do your work for you. 

For more information on plagiarism and how to avoid it go to www.indiana.edu/~wts/wts/plagiarism.html

AVOIDING PLAGIARISM

1.  Put everything in quotations that comes directly from the text, especially when taking notes.
2.  When paraphrasing, be sure you are not just rearranging a few words.
3.  Check your paraphrase against the original text to be sure you have not accidentally used the same phrases or words and that the information is accurate.  

STATEMENT ON COPYRIGHT

Reproducing and distributing an entire copyrighted document or significant portions of it without obtaining permission from the author or publisher to do so is an infringement of copyright law and a legal offense, even it the violator acknowledges the source. 

It is the intention of the Harrisburg Academy to abide by the provisions of current copyright laws as they affect the school and its employees and students.  Copyrighted materials, whether they are print or non-print, will not be duplicated, digitized, displayed, performed or otherwise used against the copyright owner’s rights under law unless such work meets “fair use” standards or other exemptions under the law, or unless written permission from the copyright owner has been received.  

COPYRIGHT PERMISSION LETTER

Whenever a student or staff member wishes to “re-publish” someone else’s writing or graphics on a Harrisburg Academy Web site, explicit permission must be obtained from the owner of the copyright. The form below may be copied and pasted into an email message sent to the owner of the site and/or the owner of copyright.  An email reply which answers all questions fully and grants permission should be printed out and presented along with any Web pages being submitted to the teacher for publication. 

See the Landmark site for a copyright permission letter template.
http://landmark-project.com/permission1.php

CITATION TOOLS
               
Citation Machine 
Easy Bib
MLA Style Manual from Ephrata High School (must have Adobe Acrobat to view)  

• Author’s name
• Title of the document
• Full information about any previous or simultaneous publication in print form
• Title of the scholarly project, database, periodical, professional or personal site
• Name of the editor of the scholarly project or database
• Date of electronic publication or last update
• Name of the institution or organization sponsoring or associated with the site
• Date when you accessed the source
• Network address or URL

Author/editor. “Title of Work.” Title of Complete Work. Date of electronic pub. Name of Institution. Access Date <Electronic address>.

Interview

Name of person interviewed, kind of interview and date.

Smith, Alvin. E-Mail interview. 22 Oct. 2007.

Jones, Percy. Personal interview. 8-12 Nov. 2006.

Full-Text Online Book

Author. Title. Publication information for the original print version, if given. Title of Internet site Editor of site if given Date of electronic publication. Date of access <Electronic address>.

Douglass, Frederick. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself. Oxford: Oxford University Pr., 1999. netLibrary 2001-2004. PA Power Library. 30 July 2003 < www.netlibrary.com>.

Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. Ed. Henry Churchyard. 1996. Jane Austen Information Page. 6 Sept. 2002 <http://www.pemberley.com/janeinfo/pridprej.html>.

Full-Text Magazine or Newspaper Article

Author/editor. “Article or Page Title.” Newspaper Title Date of publication: Number of pages (if given) or paragraphs. Date of access <electronic address>.

Achenbach, Joel. “ America’s river.” Washington Post 5 May 2003. 20 May 2003
< http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13425-2202May1.html>.

Dudley, Kristina. “Students Learn about Food Pyramid.” Tulsa World News 3 Oct. 2006.Newspaper Source. EBSCOHost. PA Power Library. 10 Sept. 2007 <http://www.search.epnet.com>.

Thurman, James N. “Behind Drop in US Murder Rate: A Decline in Gun Crime.” Christian Science Monitor 20 Oct. 1999: 4. MasterFILE Premier. EBSCOhost. PA Power Library. 10 Jan. 2003 < http://www.search.epnet.com>.

Churchman, Deborah. “Snappers.” Ranger Rick Mar. 2001:34-39. Middle Search Plus. EBSCOhost. PA Power Library. 18 June 2003 < http://www.search..epnet.com>.

Daniel, Richard T. “Fresco Painting.: Encyclopaedia Britannica Online. 2002.

Encyclopaedia Britannica. 8 July 2003 < http://search.eb.com/>.

Chase, Philander D. "Washington, George." World Book Online Reference Center. 2007. World Book Inc. 18 Oct. 2007 <http://www.worldbookonline.com>.

Internet Documents – business, organizational, professional, personal web pages

Author’s name. “Title of document.” Information about print publication (if the document gives information pertaining to a previous print publication, state that information here. If no print publication is stated cite only the electronic publication, following the author’s name and the title of the document). Electronic publication information (includes title of the site. Editor’s name (if given). Date of electronic publication or latest update. Name of any institution/organization that sponsors the site. Date of access. Electronic address—if address is long/complicated, give instead the site’s search page).

Sykes, Karen. “World-Renowned Basin in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness Has Magical Allure.” Seattle Post-Intelligencer. 8 October 1998: np. Seattle Post-Intelligencer. 2003. 25 August 2003 <http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/getaways/100898/ench08.html>.

CITING BOOKS AND PERIODICALS

Use MLA Format

Note: Always double your space citations, and indent the 2nd and 3rd lines 5 spaces, although that is not shown here.

Auerback, Erich. “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings.” Trans. Margaret Peden. Leaf Storm and Other Stories. Ed. Edward L. Stahl. New York: Harper, 2000. 105-12.

Book

Author’s last name, First name. Title of book: Sub-title of book. City of publication: Publisher, date. (For books with two authors, reverse only the name of the first author, add a comma, and give the other name in normal form. For books with more than three authors, name the first and add et al.).

Clark, Kenneth. What is a Masterpiece: Characteristics of Classical Paintings. Philadelphia: Harper, 2003.

Pollak, Vivian R. and Julia Conaway Bondanella, eds. Dickinson : The Anxiety of Gender. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2002.

Studies in Punjabi Poetry . New Delhi: Vikas, 1999.

Stunndanella, Peter, et al. Italian Literature: Introductory Readings. Westport, CT: Greenwood P, 2001.

Bender, David, Rev. of The Shining, by Stephen King. Library Journal January 15 1994: 7.

Newspaper

Author, “Newspaper Article Title.” Newspaper Title day month year, edition (if available): page(s).

Collins, Glenn. “Single-Father Survey Finds Adjustment a Problem.” New York Times 21 November 2001, natl. ed.: A20.

Periodical Articles Magazine, monthly or bimonthly

Author(s) name(s). “Title of Magazine Article.” Magazine Title Month year: pages. VOLUME NUMBER IS NOT USED even if provided!

Snyder, Mark. “Self-fulfilling Stereotypes.” Psychology Today July 2003: 60-68.

Magazine, weekly or biweekly

Author(s) name(s). “Title of Magazine Article.” Magazine Title Day month year: pages. VOLUME/ISSUE NUMBER IS NOT USED even if provided!

Begley, Sharon. “A Healthy Dose of Laughter.” Newsweek 4 Oct 2000: 74-75.

Scholarly Journal

Author(s) name(s). “Title of Journal Article.” Journal Title volume (year only!): pages.

Clark, Herbert H., and Thomas H. Carlson. “Hearers and Speech Acts.” Language 58 (1998): 332-73.

Scholarly Journal with an issue number

Author(s) name(s). “Title of Journal Article.” Journal Title volume issue number (year only!): pages.

Lyone, George Ella. “Contemporary Appalachian Poetry: Sources and Directions.” Kentucky Review 32.1 (2002): 3-22.

General Encyclopedia (ie: World Book)

Author. “Article Title—what you looked up in the encyclopedia.” Encyclopedia Title. Edition. Year published.

"Cells." Encyclopedia of Microbiology, 2002.

Mohanty, John M. “Indian Philosophy.” The New Encyclopedia Britannica: Macropaedia. 20 th ed. 2003.


In-Text Citations

In parenthetical citations, you will treat online resources the same as you would treat other kinds of resources, according to their type (book, journal article, database, etc.). The key is to provide the means necessary fory our reader to find what you have found on the library shelf or in cyperspace.

Examples of In-Text Citation

"The debut of Julius Caesar proclaimed Shakespeare's Globe a theater of courage and ideas, a place where an audience must observe with the inner eye, listen with the inner ear" (Sohmer, par. 44).

"Beethoven has been called the "first politically motivated composer," for he was "caught up in the whole ferment of ideas that came out of the French Revolution" (Gardiner, screens 2-3).